FBI seizes child porn website, acquires information on nearly 215,000 members – reportThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized a website containing child pornography and has obtained information about its members.11:11 08.07.2015
State Duma MPs propose lifting statute of limitations for pedophilesLawmakers Yelena Mizulina (A Just Russia) and Olga Batalina (United Russia) have submitted a bill to the State Duma on lifting the statute of limitations on sex crimes against children.16:36 03.04.2015
Russia's child rights ombudsman requests life-long supervision of pedophiles – reportRussia's children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has addressed federal officials requesting an obligatory life-long administrative supervision of convicted pedophiles after they served their sentence.11:22 04.03.2015
Russian senator proposes cancelling parole for pedophilesAnton Belyakov, a member of the upper house of Russia’s parliament, has submitted a bill to the lower house, the State Duma, to cancel parole for people imprisoned for sexual offences against children.10:31 04.02.2015
Post-prison supervision proposed for child molesters in RussiaAnton Belyakov, a member of the upper house of Russia’s parliament, has submitted a bill to the State Duma that introduces post-prison supervision for child molesters.10:24 15.12.2014
Russia's top investigator suggests making possession of child porn a crimeThe head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, has proposed to make it a criminal offence to possess child pornography.15:48 11.12.2014
Russia's child rights ombudsman vows to prohibit sex education at schoolsRussia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said there would be no sex education lessons in Russia, no matter what Europe says on this matter, Interfax reports on Monday.15:06 01.12.2014
Over 500 child pornography cases opened in Russia in first half of 2014Over the first six months this year, Russian law enforcement agencies opened 540 child pornography cases, TASS reports on Monday, citing The Safe Internet League, a nonprofit group fighting harmful content on the internet.12:17 10.11.2014
Insulting and exotic names may be prohibited in Russia - reportA group of Russian lawmakers is working on a bill prohibiting insulting and exotic names, as well as the use of figures, punctuation marks and symbols in names.10:45 06.11.2014
Investigative Committee proposes harsher sentences for child abuseRussia’s Investigative Committee has proposed increasing the sentences for child abuse if the offender is a relative, TASS reports on Monday.16:24 06.10.2014
Russian lawmakers approve updated punishment for child pornographyThe Criminal Law Committee recommended that the State Duma adopt a law in the first reading on criminal liability for producing, purchasing or storing child pornography for other than sales purposes.14:50 22.09.2014
Russia's Investigative Committee advocates child sex abuse law shake-upSexual abuse of children by members of the family should be considered an aggravating circumstance.11:34 25.08.2014
New Zealand court rejects appeal in Russian sex crimeThe Supreme Court of New Zealand has rejected an appeal from a local resident who was convicted on child molestation charges for a crime committed in Russia, The New Zealand Herald writes.17:14 13.08.2014
Alleged Russian child molester to be extradited from the USAn alleged child molester who attacked girls in the entrance halls of residential buildings will be extradited from New York to Moscow on Thursday, an investigation official told RIA Novosti.10:56 29.05.2014
Russian lawmaker moves for criminalizing child porn posessionYelena Mizulina, Head of the State Duma Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues, is advocating a law that would criminalize the posession of child pornography.16:55 21.04.2014
US attempts to muddle investigation of Maxim Kuzmin’s death – officialAmerican counterparts of Russian investigators probing into the case of adoptee Maxim Kuzmin’s death tried to confuse the investigation, official spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said. Maxim Kuzmin died at the age of 3 while playing in the backyard of his Texas (U.S.) home on January 21, 2013.11:18 15.04.2014
State Duma member insists on closing US online ‘child exchange’Yelena Mizulina, A Just Russia party member and head of the Committee for Issues of Family, Women and Youth, will insist on closing a “child exchange” in the US that involved Russian orphans.16:59 28.03.2014
Russian national arrested for child porn in US after alleged John Kerry plotRussian national Vladimir Romanov was arrested Wednesday in Massachusetts on child-pornography possession charges, according to a statement released by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.13:08 27.02.2014
Russian State Duma proposes child beauty pageant banState Duma members Alexei Zhuravlyov (United Russia) and Sergei Zhigaryov (Liberal Democratic Party) have submitted a draft bill that bans children from participating in beauty pageants. The bill specifies fines of up to one million rubles.13:04 14.02.2014
Russian investigators launch case over alleged human trafficking in USA human trafficking case has been launched in Russia following a journalistic investigation into the alleged abuse of adopted Russian children in the US.18:22 05.12.2013